One Set, One Deciding

The New York Daily News All-City team has one Dartmouth-bound player on it and a teammate who is said to be on the fence between coach Buddy Teevens' new school and his old school -- and we're not talking Tulane here.

The story confirms an earlier Green Alert posting that defensive back J.B. Andreassi of powerhouse St. Anthony's on Long Island is "Dartmouth-bound." According to the Daily News, Austen Fletcher, a 6-1, 280 offensive lineman, "is currently deciding between Dartmouth and Stanford." Fletcher, whose brother was at Stanford with Teevens, had earlier been reported to be headed to Dartmouth. ...

By now you probably know No. 1 and No. 2 in the BCS rankings lost yesterday. Wondering how things are going in the former I-AA playoffs? No. 1 lost there also, as Delaware sprung the upset at Northern Iowa. For a roundup, click here.

Northeastern University is taking a hard look at its sports program and there's concern that football could be on the way out. The Boston Herald has a story. For the record: the athletic director at Northeastern who is heading up the study is Peter Roby '79, former Dartmouth basketball captain and good friend of Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens.

Roby, by the way, is a former basketball coach at Harvard. The Crimson yesterday pulled off a stunner, defeating Michigan in Cambridge, 62-51. Can you say Appalachian State? In a delicious irony, the game had new Harvard coach Tommy Amaker shocking the school that fired him last spring. Check out the Boston Herald story. ... There's another in the Detroit Free Press.

And finally, winter has arrived in the Upper Valley. The temperature dipped to 3 degrees up here on the mountain last night and, though the sky is blue this morning, we could be in line for as much as a foot of snow in the next 36 hours. After going seven days a week since early August and then chipping in on campus for the past couple of weeks, I had my first chance big window of opportunity yesterday to attack the chores that need to be finished before snow hits. Lots more to do today -- including getting the 1984 VW camper up for the winter -- or there could be stuff buried under snow until April.

One more thing: The Hanover High School girls' cross country team finished fourth in the nation yesterday at the Nike team nationals in Oregon. Among those watching at the high school: a certain Hanover sophomore who started for the second year in a row on the varsity field hockey team but is being courted by members of the cross country team to join their ranks next fall.